National Front of Belgium

The National Front (FN) was a right-wing populist party in Belgium that was active from 1985 to 2012. The party advocated a strong unitary Belgian nationalism, strongly opposed immigration, and reached out to Flemish voters (despite its status as a Francophone party). The FN was influenced by the influx of extremist activists into its ranks, and it advocated for neoliberal economics, ultranationalism, xenophobia, racism, and anti-Flemish sentiment. The party looked up to the National Front of France for ideas, but Jean-Marie Le Pen showed little interest in working with the Belgians. The FN later abandoned its pro-NATO stance and opposed both the United States and the Soviet Union, and it reached out to Flemish voters. In 2012, the party dissolved.